I sued a parking company and won

fisherjim

pinkelephant12 said:

@patient_dream They actually argued that a Notice to Driver was my fault because I hadn't gone out and physically stopped their operative from issuing it!

That just shows the front of these idiots, how can they possibly think that is reasonable!

Coupon-mad

You should get an Approved Judgment but if not please consider getting it transcribed.

Boat_to_Bolivia

Excellent result OP. Well done

Castle

pinkelephant12 said:

I sued Horizon Parking for breaches of data protection law and I was awarded a four figure sum in damages. 

DVLA and ICO weren’t interested and BPA found that there had been no breach of the Code of Practice, so it was down to me to hold Horizon Parking to account.

No doubt you will be updating all three parties on the outcome!

Umkomaas

Wonderful read and so well done for hitting back at the bully boy machine. I wish others would do the same, but all they seem to want is to get the tickets off their backs, and settle for that despite the unlawful nature of the acquisition and use of their data by PPCs. 

1505grandad

"DVLA and ICO weren’t interested and BPA found that there had been no breach of the Code of Practice, so it was down to me to hold Horizon Parking to account."

very well done  -  no doubt you will be instructing DVLA not to give your data to all and sundry in future.

DownwithPPCs

Fantastic work OP. Shame it's not an amount that will genuinely hurt them, otherwise they might think again when scamming innocent people. 

Snakes_Belly

That is a brilliant result.

 I have always maintained that claims involving residential spaces are the worst. I could choose to never use the car park again where I was ticketed but a resident cannot.

 I remember a similar case whereby the defendent owned two car parking spaces at the rear of their property and had such a problem with the PPC that it made them ill.  

blobby123ff

Hang on they tried to claim legal costs from you?! But they lost..
Can we claim costs against parking firms when they take us to court?

pinkelephant12

@blobby123ff It was legitimate for them to make a costs application because they had previously offered to settle by paying me a higher amount than the value of my claim.  However, we were unable to reach a settlement agreement, not because of money, but because of the excessive terms they were trying to impose on me.  The judge accepted that I had actively tried to reach a settlement and I hadn't behaved unreasonably, so they got no costs.